Cleaning Fairies
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Topic: Cleaning Fairies
Posted By: mummy_becks
Subject: Cleaning Fairies
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 12:19pm
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How much do you pay? What do you get for that? ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 1:35pm
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No replies yet? I thought there were a whole lot of people on the 'how much your DH do' thread that had cleaning fairies... I want one! -------------   
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 1:36pm
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I want to look into it as well... we don't have a lot of money, but with DH working full time and me studying full time, the house often gets into a right state. It drives me batty. ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 1:39pm
| Inlaws use to pay someone like $40-50 a week to come and do all the big stuff. Like giving the kitchen and bathroom a really good once over. All the floors a really good clean, dusting, cleaning windows if it was needed. Changing the bed. Then they looked after the day to day stuff. |
Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 1:41pm
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I haven't replied coz we don't live in NZ so the info is largely irrelevant - our cleaning fairy lives in and works 6 days a week. We have had a part timer in the past though, this is what she did -
changed bedding, cleaned bathrooms and kitchen (just a once over), swept/mopped floors, some ironing (mostly just DHs shirts) and post C's birth she also did the washing if there was any when she arrived. She came once a week for 4 hours. The family I nannied for in NZ coming up 10yrs ago had cleaners in once a week but from what I recall they were pretty picky about what was their job, eg no washing/ironing and no tidying. ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 1:46pm
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We had one a few years ago when I was flatting - before I lived with Dh. She came once a fortnight and we paid $40, she cleaned the bathroom, toilet, vacummed and mopped the floor. She would also do the dishes if there were any left out, but we tried not to leave that many. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 1:50pm
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Oooh our old cleaner used to fold the loo paper over too - I LOVED coming home to a pristine house once a week. Such a treat! ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 2:11pm
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We pay $50 per week. She cleans/tidys the kitchen, living areas, laundry room, and toilet/bathroom. She also mops and vacuums these areas too.
I highly recommend it,especially for those that are working. |
Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 2:21pm
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How do you find one? I checked out the yellow pages and they only seem to have commercial cleaners, same with google. ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 2:24pm
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Word of mouth, or I found the local paper useful. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 2:26pm
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Do a search for 'domestic cleaners'
We use Select Cleaning, I'm not sure if they're outside Welly. A friend of mine uses VIP Home Services and they are nationwide. Another option is to look in your local supermarket to see if people are advertising there. That option is probably cheaper but personally I preferred going with a company. |
Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 2:29pm
| what about student job search? someone out there will want some references? |
Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 2:31pm
Or if they're in your town and still exist, try Student Job Search  ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 2:32pm
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Snap! ;) ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 2:35pm
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Snap! ;) ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 6:57pm
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I used to long to have one.
Since watching several episodes of Target where they have done hidden camera trials with various agencies I could never bring myself to trust one! I know chances are that most are not as gross as the people featured on that show, but the houses looked spotless afterwards so how would you know? ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Manda08
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 7:21pm
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My Aunty is one, and all her work is by word of mouth. She generally vacs, mops, dusts, cleans the bathroom, top to bottom kinda clean, changes bedding when required, and just generally cleans. Not moving of stuff though. She charges about $25 an hour, a 3 bedroom house takes 2 hours at most. ------------- 
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Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 8:13pm
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We are thinking of getting a cleaning fairy when I go back to work. I dont really want to spend the precious time I have with DS cleaning the house. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 9:38pm
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My mum pays my aunty to clean their house, so pay is not relevant here, but this is what she does in 3 hours
changes bed (only one) cleans 2 bathrooms dusts, cleans mirrors and other surfaces vacuums mops floors She doesn't tidy and doesn't do ironing. This is the general requirement for most entry-level cleaners |
Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 9:54pm
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not quite the same but when i worked as a cleaner in a motel, i got paid 15,25 an hour.
i stripped and remade the beds up to 2 kings, and 4 singles, luxed scrubbed the shower and bath, scrubbed the handbasin washed and dried all dishes and pots scrubbed the kitchen bench and table mopped the floors change the bath towels and all that would take me an hour but i would do 3 units during my shift so im a pro |
Posted By: tictacjunkie
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 10:08pm
| I'd only be looking for someone maybe while I was recovering after c-sect, so just a couple of weeks. Things that are difficult to do with a stitched up belly- changing bed sheets, cleaning bath, toilet. Other things as they popped up. I know our kindy cleaner is 15 per hour. |
Posted By: pickle
Date Posted: 08 July 2010 at 10:30pm
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we have a cleaning fairy and I love Tuesday. We pay her $45 for the clean and we have a three bedroom home. She does all the basics and then each week she will do something extra like clean under the couch cushions or the bed and she pulls out the draws and goes behind there. If there is washing in the machine she will hang that out. She is a blessing. She is a friend of a friend, the hardest part of a cleaner is Trust
she helps me to keep my life in order!! Wouldnt be without her ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: sem
Date Posted: 09 July 2010 at 9:31am
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We have a 3 bedroom house (100 square metre) and our cleaners come every fortnight and it costs $66.
We went trough a professional company and are on to our second lot of cleaners now as the first one we had was not very good (not cleaning in corners/behind doors etc) They do all the basics but are starting to slack of a little bit too at the moment. We get a little booklet to write comments in if we have any problems. I do have very high expectations of them, seeing I pay for them. ------------- Here we go again, another baby on it's way! 
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Posted By: Bexee
Date Posted: 09 July 2010 at 10:40am
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I pay $25 for an hour a week - she comes and does the bathroom, the kitchen, vacuums and mops the floors, and will occassionally do the spare bathroom.
I love coming home as the house always looks great and it is amazing what a difference an hour can make |
Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 09 July 2010 at 12:31pm
| I have 2 cleaning fairies - MIL and DF's cousin come in on Tuesdays most weeks and take care of my washing, general tidy up - nothing over and beyond what I would do. They don't do it for $$ but I flick them $40-$50 whenever we can afford it and I bought them both a an ipod a few weeks back to say thanks. They are awesome :-) MIL also stays on on the Tuesday to look after the kids when i go to training as DF is never home in time. |